Paint Splatter NOTD

If you're a regular Fashernably Late comer, you will have seen this nail design before, I know, how cheeky of me to repeat! I just loved how the colours turned out & wanted to show you guys! I wasn't too sure if the design would show up over the black base as my white nail polish is a fairly low priced one and usually takes about 2/3 coats before it becomes a solid white, but using this white as the first colour has actually made the red pop a little more. win win! If you want to know how this design is done, the tutorial is HERE.

I have a very cute little giveaway coming your guys way over the next few days so keep your eyes peeled, especially if you're a handbag lover like me!

Ice Ice Baby

Firstly, I have to admit, these nails turned out by accident! I was going for something along the lines of 'festive nails'  but didn't plan for them to look like this.. and it just so happened that the white basing I chose made my nails look like icicles.  Either way I'm pretty happy these accidental ice nails turned out the way they did, 'cause I think they look super cute, don't you? Well let me get started on telling you how I went about doing this, its pretty easy and perfect for those of you who don't have a steady hand; it's all about messy uneven lines anyway (amazing).

1. Begin by using a basecoat to protect your nails from the polish. I've also been using a 'strong results' treatment on my nails before the basecoat recently, which has really helped my nails from breaking , so if you suffer from this also, I highly recommend it!

2. Paint two coats of polish onto your nails, any colour works for this I guess, as long as you choose colours that compliment one another for the icicle part.

3. Take a white striper, and begin to do quick fast strokes up the nail to about half way starting from the tip of your nail. Make sure majority of your tip is fully covered in white or the colour you put on top won't 'pop' as well as it should.

4. Ensuring your white has fully dried, repeat the process with your second striper (for me, Silver) but this time, only go up the the a 1/4 of the way so the white is still visible.

5. Do another coat of Silver, but only on the very tips of your nails to darken the colour.

6. To finish off the design, add small dots of glitter in random places, top of with a clear coat & enjoy your icicle nails! Simple!

If you'd like any other festive related nail art, please do feel free to suggest any!

Hope everyone had a lovely chocolate in their advent calender.

Check Mate!

I realised that I haven't played around with my little stamping kit since I first purchased it, which was a very long time ago! After seeing lots of cute images on Instagram of stamping, I thought I'd give it another go! I really think this attempt is a lot better than my previous one, which you can find here. (Quite a big improvement I'm sure you'll agree)

There are lots of stamping tutorials on Youtube if you want to learn how to do them, they're super easy & you can buy the stamping kit for around £2 from eBay! Bargain.

Hope everyone is excited as I am that xmas holidays are coming up so soon! Don't forget, last few hours to enter my YSL giveaway HERE. Good luck x

Nail Art #14 Seeing Spots

I've been quite busy lately, so spending time on my nails has been pushed to the back of the queue which has therefore lead to lack of nail art posts (sorry guys). I needed a break from my dissertation work last night, and was in the mood to paint my nails and settled on doing this cute little spotty design, I feel its quite fitting for bonfire night also!

How to get this look:

1. Paint your nails with a basecoat to protect them from the polish.

2. I used a pale pink shimmery polish as my base. You can keep your nails clear if you like or choose a darker polish to do this with. I wanted just the spots to be my main focal point.

3. Choose a base colour for your spots. I used this Barry M deep purple colour. I took a small piece of sponge and dabbed it on 1/2 of my nail in varies places. I needed to coats of this.

4. I then selected random colours, not all of which I though complimented each other, but colours that would stand out against the purple and even clash!

5. I used various different sized dotting tools and dipped the end into some polish and began spotting away!

6. I used a white polish last and a small dotting tool to just brighten up my design a little.

7. Finish off with a clear polish to protect your design!

Don't forget to enter my giveaway HERE for your chance to win a Yves Saint Laurnt Lipstick!

Good luck x

Nail Art #13 - I Want Candy

First of all I would like to apologise do the lack of pictures and layout of this post as I'm doing it from my iPhone as my laptop is in repair (boohoo) and the blogger app is not very sophisticated in terms of adjusting all the nitty gritty things that my OCD makes me do, however hurrah for spellcheck!

Anyway, I saw a nail design on Instagram which was full of horizontal stripes and was so colourful that it have me inspiration to do my own version! So here's how I did it, it's a lot simpler than it looks I promise!

1. Begin by using a base coat to protect your nails

2. Use a base colour and paint two coats for a strong colour, I used orange.

3. Chose around 3/4 colours (nail stripers or use dotting tools/paint brush) and begin by using your first colour to paint horizontal stripes across your nails.

Now this is the beauty of this design, as you can really do it how you like, just add more and more stripes with different colours. You don't need to wait for each stripe to dry as even when the colours touch, they just blend together but don't run into each other!

4. I used my white striper as my last colour to highlight in certain areas an made sure the stripes were much thinner than the coloured stripes.

It really is that easy!

Once again, really sorry this isn't a great tutorial and isn't a picturesque as my other tutorials! I'll make it up to you, I promise :) x

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Nail Art #12 - Paint Splatter

This nail tutorial is really easy to do & requires no tools other than just a straw, yes a straw! All you need is a base colour and 3 bright and complimenting colours for the design. This nail tutorial requires a little mess making, so make sure you have something to protect the surface our using from any flying polish!

1. First take a basecoat and apply this to your nails to protect them.

2. Paint two coats of white polish onto your nails (or what base colour you choose)

3. This next section can get quite messy so lay down something to protect your surface, I used an old magazine.

4. Take your first chosen colour (I used purple for this) and paint a few dabs of colour onto the bottom of your straw, make sure you don't apply too much as this can cause huge blobs of colour on your nails. It's best to use just a small amount as you can build up to your desired effect as you go along.

5. Place your nail about 5cm away from the straw and blow into the straw. Short sharp bursts achieve the best results.

6. Continue this on all of your nails with your desired colours.

7. I used a silver at the end to add a slight sparkle to my design

8. Finish by using a topcoat to protect your design and add a beautiful shine!

Hopefully you didn't make too much mess whilst using this tutorial, but it really does achieve a great design! Please feel free to show me your own designs!

Nail Art #11 - Zebra Stripes

This is a really easy and cute nail tutorial and it literally takes about 15 minutes! Animal prints for nail designs have been around for a while now, looks like people just can't get enough! I'm going to be telling you how to achieve this design using just a nail striper!

1.  Use a basecoat to protect your nails from the polish

2. Use a Matte polish as a base and apply two coats, if you can buy a matte topcoat and apply it over the top of any varnish to dull the shine if you don't have any matte polishes. (You don't have to use a matte polish, but the shine and contrast off the silver looks more dramatic)

3. To create the Zebra stripes I pulled up an image off Google to get the pattern correct. It's mainly just triangular patterns with lines inbetween.

4. Clean up around your nails using a cotton bud dipped in polish remover.

5. If you've used a Matte polish, don't add a topcoat or it will add a shine and detract away from the contrasting colours.

Experiment with all sorts of colours and animal prints! Using a Matte black polish and a black striper has a really cute and subtle effect!

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Today I Bought #5

Beaded Charm Bracelets

Aztec Beaded Jumpsuit

Over The Knee Socks

Finger & Wrist Chain Bracelet

Paisley Skulls Print Tee

Leopard Print Waist Belt

Tiger Tee

Models Own Ibizia Mix Polish

I've been on a little spree lately for my holiday to Thailand as I was in dyer need of some small essentials and  holidays clothes that I have avoided buying due to lack of money. If you follow my blog, you will know how Asos crazy I am.. And yes you guessed it, everything is from Asos! I just can't resist using my Asos Premier and 10% student discount all in the comfort of my own home - it's just too perfect! I did make a trip in to Trafford Centre the other day in attempt to buy some clothes that weren't from Asos, but was very disappointed with everything in store as they never had my size in stock or nothing appealed to me, not even in Zara! So I ended up coming home with only one purchase - a Mac Lipstick!

Anyway, not all these purchases from Asos were made in one go - oh don't worry I'm not that bad! I bought these beaded charm bracelets and over the knee Grey Marl socks for The Parklife Festival I went to this past weekend. The bracelets went perfectly with any outfit I paired them with as the neutral/gold tones don't clash and the socks stopped the rubbing from my wellies against my legs perfectly!

It was my first every festival I'd been too - so I was a little too excited and packed more than I should! (I'm also never taking my festival band off - I've waited far too long for one!) On the first day of the Festival I wore the Paisley Skull print tee with frayed black hot pants, Over the knee socks and my trusty wellies which I found the day before I went! For anyone that knows me well, knows I love my skull tee's... I currently own over 6, and can't say that this one will be my last purchase!

The Aztec jumpsuit is probably my favourite purchase from this bunch! It's made from a cheesecloth material and is a very nice snug fit! I though this would be perfect for Thailand, as is many areas it's very respectful to be covered up especially when visiting temples and smaller villages - I don't want to upset anyone by the way I dress! I'll try taking some outfit posts while I'm out there too!

I'm in two minds about keeping this Tiger print tee - my last name means Tiger, which is why I instantly added it to my basket in excitement, but I'm not really a person who wears large print tee's like this as I always feel they're too out there and noticeable which means you can't wear them as often.

I think I'm in love with this Models Own Ibiza Mix polish! It instantly adds a little glam to any nail polish and makes me feel like a little girl again with glitter on my nails! This will definitely be in my favourite section in my little polish box!

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I fly out to Thailand on Friday night, but making a quick shopping trip into Manchester with my Friend Hannah tomorrow for some last minute essentials which I have forgotten. I'll try doing another post before I go, but if not I'll see you guys in one month!

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Nail Art #9 - Simple Elegance

I've been thinking of a very simple yet elegant design to do lately as I want to die down the 'crazy' nails for a little while as I'm running out of inspiration (ideas anyone?). I chose this cute little design with gems as it stands out and grabs attentions but is so easy to do! All I did was paint 8 of my nails pink and two white. I then used contrasting gems on each nail placed at the base of the nail. I handed in my last piece of uni work now for the year - and with just one exam to revise for I have much more free time on my hands so more posts coming at you real soon! I also need to work on my beach body as I'm off to Thailand for a month in June! 

Little Tip: add the gems immediately after the second coat of polish as it helps the gems stay on for much longer. You can also add a top coat if you wish.

Nail Art #8 Ciate Caviar Manicure

So last night I tried out my own version of the Ciate Caviar nail manicure & I'm personally not raving about it even though it looks really different and edgy. I'll get to the pros and cons in a little while but first I'll tell you how I did it. Obviously as you can see, the beads I've used are not the Ciate ones, as I bought a little pack of purple and denim mixture of beads for £1.99 on Ebay here. I was literaly so excited when they arrived that straight away I got my little nail polish box out and started to decide what colour polish to use. I choose  to use white for the purple beads and a Barry M duk blue for the denim mix beads. I then followed the Ciate instructions and did two coats of varnish and applied the beads whilst the second coat was still wet and pressed them down to secure the beads. I was really chuffted with the result and continued to finish of the rest of my nails. I didn't apply a top coat as it dulls the bead design, so I just used it on the very tips of my nails instead.

(I have realised that these micro beads I ordered are far larger than the ones used in the actual caviar manicure!  which may be the reason for many of my cons - sorry for the late realisation)

Tips

•  Use a thick nail polish and not a cheap one which might be thinner as it won't hold the beads very well
• My beads came in a little bag so I dipped my nail in the bag rather then sprinkling the beads over the top as the Ciate instructions suggest.
• I would probably only do it on one nail next time rather than all of them

Pros

• It looks really nice once all the nails are done
• Its a very different nail manicure which is going to stick around for a while

Cons

• The manicure it self only lasts under 1 day. The beads fall off very quickly and it looks patchy almost straight away
• The nail polish takes a lot longer to dry as not as much air gets to them as usual which leads to my next point...
• It can be a little messy, as I ended up with tiny beads all over the place (mainly from ones that fell off my nails after I had finished applying them as they take a while to dry)

Overall I really like the Ciate Caviar manicure idea, and although I have not used the real Ciate Caviar manicure, I'm sure it will have the same pros and cons list as my own little version unless their nail polish is like super glue haha.

Have you tried the Ciate Caviar nail manicure yet?

Nail Art #7 - Cling Film

All you need for this nail tutorial is two colour nail polish colours and some cling film.

Start by applying a basecoat to your nails to protect them from the varnish. 

Then apply two coat of your nail polish and wait to dry

Prepare your cling film by tearing off about 6cm and scrunching it into a ball.

Then paint one coat of your second colour onto your nails and whilst wet (do this straight away or it wont work) take your cling film and dab lightly all over your nail to create this effect.

Tip: do each nail individually 

Apply a clear topcoat to protect your design & your done!

I used a silver polish to create a metallic look. 

*Try pastel shades for an on trend look*

Nail Art #6 - Super Stripy

This is a really easy design to do if you struggle with nail art - all you need is nail art pens!

First paint a base colour of your choice after you have appled a base coat to protect your nails.

Begin by painting one stripe now your nail (anywhere will do, I just opted to start on the side)

Do this on all of your nails

Choose a different colour and paint next to your first stripe. Do this on all nails and repeat the process until your entire nail is full of stripes!

Using a glitter allows for your base colour to pop through - and you can leave gaps in your stripes for it to show through too!

Finally - add a top coat to protect your design!

(sorry these are a little messy due to having to finish them off in a rush)

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Nail Art #5 - Patchwork Pastels

I recently saw this nail design on Obession Lacquer blog - I really loved it so thought I'd try it out for myself!

I began by painting two coats of white on my nails - this is to allow to colours on top to show up really bright and pop

Using a sponge, dab a baby blue nail varnish onto your nails in random patterns until your desired look is achieved.

Repeat the same process with a light pink in the white areas ensuring to blend it into the blue. You'll notice the colours mixing and making a purple creating a third colour on your nails (which saves you from having to add in purple later)

As you can see it can get a little messy, so you may want to clean around your nails with a cotton bud soaked in nail varnish remover.

Apply a top coat to protect your design & taadaah!

Nail Art #4 - Gradient Effect

I've been seeing gradient effect nails around a lot recently so I decided to give it a go myself..

For this design all you need is two contrasting colour nail varnishes and a make up sponge.

First of all apply a base coat to protect your nails from the varnish, then apply two coats of nail polish - I've chosen a metallic silver

Once the nail varnish has dried, take an old make up sponge and paint a corner of it with your contrasting nail varnish. Don't soak your sponge in the varnish - one or two strokes should do the trick nicely.

Start from the bottom of your nails and lightly dab the sponge on your nails working your way up slowly so  you have less varnish on your sponge the further up your nail you go.

You may want to start on another nail at the same time if you find you have too much varnish on the sponge so you can achieve the gradient effect your after.

Repeat this step on all nails and wait a few minutes for them to dry.

 Repeat the same process but only concentrate on the tips and middle of your nails and blend into the gradient.

This is a little messy, so you may want to clean around your nails with a cotton bud dipped in nail polish remover.

once your nails are dry - apply a top coat to protect your design!

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Nail Art #3 - Block Colour

Block colour & pastel shades are one of my favourite trends this season, but as I tend to shy away from light colours in clothing, I decided to transform my nails instead.

Begin by painting your nails a base colour of your choice (preferably a light-ish shade). I've chosen to do alternative nails in a Barry M powder blue & Gosh baby pink, but you can stick to one!

Paint sections of your nails in diagonal strokes in the alternate colour your have chosen (I have done the alternative pink on blue & blue on pink).

I did this free hand and found it quite easy, but if you are struggling to get a straight edge, use masking tape to section your nails and then peel off carefully after a few minutes - it leaves a beautiful straight edge finish.

Finally, add black triangles in peculiar directions and in-between any of the two panels you have created to hide uneven edges if necessary.

Use a cotton bud to tidy around the edges & use a top coat to protect your design!

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